The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC.

Thomas Flynn and @. J. Merrill, Dart
mouth students, have been arraigned by the
faculty, charged with having participated In
the hazing Of Wilbur !. Dade OF Rockport OF
the freshman class on Sept II. The fresh
who administered to him the oath Of the
"Rho Kappa Tau Society,"" and required him
to repeat nonsensical ritual. They denied
heving laid hands on him in any manner ex-
cept while giving him '.the grip" Flynn has
been expelled, and Merrill, who acted as
master of ceremonies" will also, probably,
be brought before the trustees by the students,
who consider the penalties excessive and UNI
warranted. Young Merrill is a son of w.
II. Merrill Of the editorial staff Of the New
York World.
A dispatch from Dover, N. H., says the
wife of P. A. Crosby, the defaulting treas
urer of the Lasters' Union fair, who left for
Canada with an attractive married woman,
made it public that she was destitute She
has to support her aged mother and her own
two children.
William Herriott, an employe Of Platt
Bros, button manufacturers, Waterbury,
Conn, was caught in a revolving shafting.
One arm was broken, and the left leg was
torn off below the knee.
Timothy Cunningham, shot in front Of
Nagle's saloon, Boston, has died, and his
murderer Peter H. Fleming, colored man,
has been committed to Jail to await trial.
Patrick Murray of Blackstone, Mass, had
his clothes caught in the mill machinery and
was carried over the shafting several times
and thrown to the floor. His clothing was
nearly all torn off, but no bones were broken
although he was badly bruised all over his
body.
A locomotive crashed through the engine
house at Medford, Mass, no one however
being injured
The Franklin, Mass, cranberry crcp Is
turning out of the average quality, and most
of it has been gathered without damage
from frosts.
L. J. H. Ferguson, West Somerville,
(Mass) druggist, has disappeared, leaving a
wife and several unpaid bills. The stock in
his store was mortgaged to Boston wholesale
drug firm.
Nine of Buffalo Bills Wild West Indians
have arrived at Castle Garden. They could
not stand the London fogs.
Jake Sharp's physicians declare that he
cannot long survive prison life at Sing Sing.
The court at Fort Scott, Kan, has decided
against the admission of colored children to
the same schools with whites.
Duncan Clarke of Pallatine Bridge, N. Y,
| was severely beaten by some of his female
minstrel employees to whom he was in arrears
| for salary
| The Kansas City Central Labor Union has
i voted to expel all Socialists
The arrest of William Sexton the billiard
list, in New York, on charge of assault is
| reported.
Steamer Egypt of the National line is laid
up at st. Johns, N F., with broken crank
shaft.
New York women suffragists have opened
headquarters in New York for the instruc-
| ton of women desiring to vote.
The decision in the Sharp case has been
affirmed by the general term The bench is
unanimous. Sharp must 60 to prison.
Sharp was completely Frustrated by tho
news. Warden Heating would only say that
| his condition was precarious. Attorney
Nelson of Sharp's counsel said tonight that
an application for stay would be made to
the court of last resort.
! The steamer Colorado from Galveston for
New York, reports that on the morning Of
the second day out she was struck by ire
mendous squall, the roaring of which could
be heard some Is minutes before it struck the
ship, piling the water knee deep upon her
decks with such force as to penetrate every
room OH the ship.
Fire at Paine, Paulding county, o., de-
stroyed a row of business blocks, the loss
being $4,000
Harry Hills concert hall and saloon in
New York is finally closed, after notorious
existence of "a years. Mr. Hill notified the
chief of police that he had gone out of business
He claims to have been bounded by the po-
lice because he refused to submit to black
mail. He has accumulated large fortune.